Carpet holding device



CARPET HOLDING DEVICE Filed Dec. 4, 1930 4 54 y J INVENTOR.

r 075 BY v In W? m/efm n I; ATTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 15, 1931 H i r I r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 5 WILLIAMKERNOUHAN, or EAST ORANGE, NEW- JEnsnY A charm HOLDING DEVICE 7Application filed December 4, 1930. Serial no. 500,103.

'My invention relates toanew and improved by the upstanding teeth 3 andby the forcarpet holding device. Wardly inclined teeth 2.

One of the objects of my invention is to In order to remove the carpet,it is merely provide a new and improved stair-rod which necessary tobend it forwardly, in order to V 8 can beapplied to any staircase byunskilled disengage it from the forwardly inclined 55 labor and whichcan hold fine carpets or deli-, teeth 2, and to then raise the carpet,in order cate rugs in position without anyinjury. to disengage it fromthe upstanding teeth 3. Another object of my invention is to pro- It 15therefore very simple to attach or to vide a device for holding carpetson stairs remove the carpet, and this can be done with- 10 which willpermit a carpet or rug to be easily out any injury thereto.

. 6 laid or removed without any injury thereto. In laying the carpet, itis desirable to start Another object of my invention is to profrom thebottom step with thepile even, pushvide a device of simple constructionwhich 1115; the Carpet between the teeth of the first shall be verycheap to manufacture. stair rod and continuing in th'is manner up otherbjects of my invention will be get, $0 $11G topstep. III OIClGI t0I'GIHOVQ the CELP- forth in the following description and draw- P the pat r h uld start from the top ings which illustrate a preferredembodiment st p nd pull gen ly upon the successive porthereof, it beingunderstood that the above tlons of e arpe 1n order to release it fromgeneral statement of the objects of my inventhe SHCQBSSWQ fl 20 tion isint-ended merely to generally explain A11 important feature f yinvention iS th same d t t li it it i any manner, that the teeth 3 areperpendicular to the tread Fi 1 is a fr m; l ti of the stairs, insteadof being rearwardly in- Fi 2 i t l i I clined. This perpendicularposition makes it Fi 3 i an d i I j I possible to remove the rug 0rcarpet from 5 Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the Sald teeth 3,Wlthoht y l y h d i i iti Another important feature of the invention Thd i is f bl d f a i l is to have the teeth'3 of triangular shape, andpiece f t l 1 whi h i b nt d t d to have said teeth substantiallyparallel to the i t th Shape Shown i Fi 2 d 3 Th risers of the fl ght ofstairs. This also makes 30 piece of metal 1 can consist of an ordinary1t P0331191? t0 ppl h flfifi the g piece of sheet metal and it is formedwith a h hh with 'lhlhlmlhh of 1 3 wbottom portion or base 1a, and anupstand- L1 keWlse= the downwardly d forwardly .ing wall 1?) whichis'preferably substantially h h 2 h h h hp g Securely perpendicular Saidbase portion 1a, The 1n position, without In urIng the same when 35upstanding wall portion 1?) is provided with the rug Carpet 1s veforwardly inclined teeth 2, having the arcu- Order to dhhhe the 1IlVent1On: teeth ate form shown in Fig. 2. The base 1a is 3 h y hedescrlhed a helhg hpstahdlhg: 1h provided with upstanding triangularteeth 3 helhg understood .that thls reffers teeth which are stamped outof the base 1a, leaving whilch are substantmuy herpendtcutar 9 the 10Openings 3a. ad acent tread of the stairs as distinguished There are tworows of the teeth 3, as shown f 5 rearwardly nchned in Figs 3 and 4. Vowar s t e ad acent riser of the stairs. Th 1 d t th 1 f I have shown apreferred embodnnent of ese cevtces are p 16 e ang 0 my invention, butit is clear that numerous 45 filght ofstalrs s, helhg held 1h P05111011by chan es and omissions can he made without means of screws 4. In thisposition the base depfiting f i s spirit teeth 3 are h d the pp teeth 2This application is in part a continuation are forwardly 11101111661 ofmy previously filed application N 0. 365,804.

The carpet or rug C is laid in the manner I claim: i to shown in F 1g.4, so that it is held in position A carpet holding device of angularcon- 10!:

figuration adapted to fit into an angle of a flight of stairs so thatone part of said carpet holding device abuts the tread and the otherpart of said carpet holding device abuts the riser, the tread portion ofsaid carpetholding device having substantially upstanding teeth havingflat faces, the riser portion of said carpet holding device havingdownwardly and forwardly inclined teeth, the faces of the teeth of thesaid tread portion being substantially parallel to said riser portion.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

lVILLIAM KERNOGHAN.

